Joseph explains to Vulture that, "There’s this whole hullabaloo right now about Taylor supporting Trump — which she never has— and being accused of being a white supremacist, and meanwhile, that guy [Kanye] gets a free pass." He continues, pointing out Kanye's past "attacks" of Taylor saying, "We treat men and women completely different! Can you imagine if Taylor had a photo of herself smiling with Trump? Donezo! Done!"

He then asks why we continue to give men so many more free passes than women, saying, "Meanwhile, we look at Kanye and think, “Oh no, he was just a little sick at the time,” and then he comes onstage going “I love Trump,” and it’s, “Oh, we really don’t believe him.” How many passes do you give to guys over women?"

When asked about why he's become of a spokesperson of sorts for Taylor and her views, Joseph explains that it's not by choice, explaining that he's always spoken his mind on Twitter, even when it's led to trouble in the past. "People who have followed me for years know that I just literally say what’s on the top of my head," he said. "Taylor, this album cycle, has not given one interview so the media is thirsty. They’re looking for any way in so they just go to me because I made a couple videos with her and they’re just mining my Twitter, or anything I say, for anything."

As often as the director does defend Taylor, he admits there's one thing he won't ever do on behalf of the singer. "I won’t speak for Taylor," he said. "I have to give her the right to express or not express what she wants to feel about these videos. At the end of the day, as strong of an artist as I am, it’s a collaboration with Taylor, and she is the ultimate artist in these videos. They’re her songs, her stories, and I am a great paintbrush, but she is the canvas and the paint. So when it comes to interpretation, I’ve got to let her control that."